Security Advisory

CVE-2016-2378

8.1
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of the MXIT protocol Pidgin. Specially crafted data sent via the server could potentially result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in memory corruption. A malicious server or an unfiltered malicious user can send negative length values to trigger this vulnerability.
Published Date January 6, 2017
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory